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The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)

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After You (Me Before You, #2)

by Jojo Moyes (Goodreads Author)

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Jane De vries said: " Cute story but really couldn't compare to the sequel "After you."

Enjoyed Louisa Clark's Mother's midlife crisis probably more than anything else. ...more "

Apr 02, 2021 05:56PM · see review

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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)

by Patricia Highsmith

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“The cruelest lies are often told in silence.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers

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“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

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“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
― Albert Einstein

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